Sep 14, 2011

MORE EXCITING THAN A GIANT RIVER OTTER: $50 OFF THE TRAVEL WRITING MASTER CLASS (ONLINE)

Yee-haw, our 12-week Writers.com workshop starts again September 26! Bring a conference panel's worth of teaching talent to
your computer – any time, anywhere. Each week, students receive direct
feedback from one of seven instructors, ranging from a social-media
maven to a CNN correspondent and National Geographic contributors.

Now that's more thrilling than pec tats of tikis mid-orgasm (but only just)..

The roster includes multiple winners of the Lowell Thomas (the genre’s ersatz Pulitzer) and Best American Travel Writing honorees.

• Adventure specialist Amanda Castleman has published in Outside, Salon, the BBC, MSNBC, Alaska Airlines Magazine and The International Herald Tribune, among others. Her 30-odd book contributions include Frommer's and National Geographic. (www.amandacastleman.com)

• New York University Instructor David Farley wrote the award-winning An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's Oddest Town. Founder of NYC's Restless Legs Reading Series, he also edits for World Hum. (www.dfarley.com)

• Stephanie Elizondo Griest has authored the books Mexican Enough and Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana, among others. She teaches nonfiction at the University of Iowa. (www.aroundthebloc.com)

• Stephanie Oswald edits travelgirl magazine, when not broadcasting for CNN International from New Orleans and hosting Getaway Atlanta, the highest-rated destination show available On Demand. The Emmy-winner also instructs at Emory. (www.travelgirlinc.com)

• Lowell-Thomas-winner Edward Readicker-Henderson has mused poetically in AARP Magazine, Forbes Traveler, National Geographic Traveler and other outlets. Best American Travel Writing shortlisted him four times, once for a story about Strip Passport. (www.routeofseeing.com)

• Author and Columnist Thomas Swick's observations on the trade have been honored by Travelers Tales, Best Travel Writing and Best American Travel Writing. His freelance clients include Afar, Smithsonian and The Oxford American. (www.thomasswick.com)

From broadcast basics to longer-form narrative, this online workshop helps intermediate to expert authors kicks things up a few notches via detailed critiques that often include line-edits.